The Sun. — London, England, 1809-09-21 00:00:00

PORTUGUESE AND SPANISH PAi'Ei S. JANC,P.:Vi 1339.. • in the. course of last week; letters have been re-' cteJed • from the GeLtiernen of Mr. Elphinstone's ever4ing down to the 2 . "itir ult:rnb., At that tiA-, they rein..ined encamped near Misee, on the vigil , iink of the Chananb or Acesines, which river they ha.i erosied from Rajgha t a few dlys bt iure. They were stilt wthout any dlreo advice.; firma toe Court, nor dim th- y know ail). thing cer:- re•cp,-etrog the situation 01 movements of the Sultan al, wniie some ..rep>rts represented hi,n proce, ding WI his journey towards Peshawar, .ac cording to others :I:: had re;usned to Caudebar.— Thp.emhassy, however, was to march. avin upon and expected to cross the Indus about the 2d of Janu ,ry. The roa,ls in the direction of 1 'abuli at - the distance of about 100 wiles from - the Ttace of 'encampment, being rendered impassable at that season by the snow, it was hoped they would rind the- King at Peshawar, All these let- • terS represent - the climate of Mooltan as most de lightful. 'Tire thermometers at sunrise had been so z loty as 23 degree's, and have never risen higher E than 76 degrees. • European Vegetables, and some of the European fruits were to be had in abun dince. The Acesines (which name seems to be given, in these letters, to the united streams of the . ..three rivers, Ravec, Eeyah, and Chaneub) is one mile, one furlong, 'and 185 yards, in breadth, from bank to ban, at the place where the mis sion was encamped. The breadth of stream below ,the Gauht, at that season, did not exceed 300 'yards. An European deserter from the Company's pro , vinces, named,John Bensley, had lately come into ; the-camp, who stated, that he had been two or -three years in the service of the Nawab Moozutfer Khan, and that there were two others of his com . Lades ,in the same situation, and a third who was kept in confinement at Minkree by Mahommed . Khan.. They ,received an allowance of 60, rupees per month, and lived very comfortably with their . wives in the Fort - of Shujabad, about .ts miles distant from Mooltan. Bensley wore the Hindoo stance dress, and had .all the appearance of a na tive. _ Genera/ Brownrigg, Quarter-Master-Central, On his re, turn froin %Vali:helm Captain A. Harward, R. N. of, his promotion. We have been favoured with the sight of a letter written at Bejar on the Wth ult. by an Officer in the Portnoese Legion to a friend at Lisbon, relating .1 some particulars of the laborious and critical march of Sir Robert Wilson and his gallant little corps, from his station in the neighbourhood of Escalona , towards Banos, by the circuitous route rendered ne cessary - through the unfortunate abandonment of Ta lavera...:, The more important' particulars of this route have already been transmitted by Loid Wellington;' and this - corps was too insulated lo know much of the general state of the campaign : yet it. is said, in this letter, that the Marquis of Romana 'was pre vented from occupying Salamanca, on account- of the bridges of Toio and Zamora being cut. One la& we learn from airs letter, which is 'a novelty.—The French had forced a number of _Spaniiirds to enlist into their service; 9.5 of them, however, made their escape from the Escurial, and joined the Legion ; - and could Sir Robert Wil son have remained a day longer at Naval Corneiro, there is no doubt that the whole body would have joined. - On one occasion, all- the-baggage, including the papers and niiiitary chest, had a very narrow escape from being , seized by the enemy, and were saved only by being condu&ed over the almost practicable pass of Valverde. It appears that, in the beginning of last month, while the issue of• the campaign was still doubtful, dispatches were intercepted at El Fieublo, contain ing, besides instructions relative to the war, an ac count of peace having been concluded betwceu France'aiad Austria, according to which the Emperor Francis had resigned all his dominions except 'intl.. gary ; and it was added, that in six weeks Buona parte was to b 4 at Madrid. This intelligence appears to have occasioned considerable uneasiness : but the dispatch evidently Was an artifice to precipitate the • retreat of the combined army, and to induce the English Commander in Chief to retire•upti the. ,nasal frontier, under the impression that ail further resistance to-the arms of France would be in vain. Among the Officers of the Legion, the neglect to .defend the pass of Banos, in .the.first instance, ,ap pears to have been considered as a most calamitous event ; and it was understood that two days after 'the battle of Talavera, Lord Wellington, as well as Genet - al Quests, was inclined to detach the Legion to guard that important.post ; but most unfortunate ly a different decision was afterwards adopted. The soldiers of the Legion did the greatest credit to their otiieers, during this exhausting and try ing march, and they appear to have been well received by the inhabitants in the course of•it. . • Qn the 1 oth, the Legion arri%ed at Cuta de Gallos, where they found the enemy had murdered .54 men, besides plundering every house, in the town, and com mitting the most horrible excesses towards, the women. The Gentlemen of the Embassy were carefully chirishing their inustachoes4 the want of that es sential app , Aidage:of manhood being considered in .a very equivocal light, among a .people purely Asiatic. „ It is said, :that the novel appearance•of so formi dably a body of. strangers, bad at first excited some little uneasiness. among the Argnans. The inhabi tants of the vilages on their route, had removed in to the larger towns ; and the Nawaub of Mooltan (who it stems, is not in the good graces of his So vereign) conceived an apprehension that they meant to seize his fort for the behoof of, & the King of Can- Oar. These fad ws, however, were soon dissipated; and though the' Nawaub took the precaution - of dvooling ins garrison and shutting up his town, be conducted hitoseil towards the EmbasSy with great politeness and hospitality. MAI AaR tvEn-1 Lisboo, t bublin, I Waterford. qutteriburzsit, 1 Cutitz, Waterford.. is ii E S U N. 101,11)4 UV'S DIOJIRA iALSUM L 0 N D 0 N, Ti!URSDAY, SEPYENIBER 21, 1809. We un lersund (bat there . was a meeting at Pat- ney Heath this morning, between Lord CASTLE- R.,,G11 and Mr. CANNING. Lord YARMOUTH ac- companiei the former to the licid; Mr. ELLts the lat Lr. After taking their ground, tb:•y fired by signal, and niise.cl ; and no explanation- taking place, tlwy fired at each other, a second time, when ~the bail from Lord CASTLEREAGH'S • pinto; went through. Mr. CAN Nlpai'S thigh, on the outer side of the bone. Thus the aff air terminated. Mr. CANNING's wound not considered to be dangerous. The c.luse of this extraordinary affair is said to have ori- ginatecl in some official miivaderstandmg, the na- turc of which we shall not enter into at present, as we ar: greatly deficient in information tfpon the sul-je6t and, in a matter of such. extreme de- licacy, we think. it our duty to avoid hazarding any -tcalerit blch Ke Jo Lot know to bo.ac- cur tiely correct. Yesterday, at tvklve lock, his MAJESTY ar rived :loin Windsor at the• Queen's Palau-. and was their Royal Highnesses the Dukes ut YokiK, Kit:NT, and Cl:NtilltitLAND. A little alter wo i'.IAIESTY held a prii, ate Levee,wliich wii at.tended Toe Lori C',-.a:;ickor, the Duke of Portland, rad Cam den, I.ji l.llll'JilJilkl, the Earl of Chatitain, the Earl of LiveruGoi, Earl bat:ior.;t, Eat Harrowny, Lord Mu'grave, Lyru li. athhod, Lord A rd u (in wattiug), Sir i)aviii Dundas, Sr, Cuc.erdi, l•Ir. Canning, Mt: Pert:evil!. and Air. V e rne ) (C room in %%ailing). Ile following Lad the honour of being presented to lis liesty The Gir l ot Chatham, on his return from Holland. 'Colonel, I.cog, Adjutant-General to the Forces under Earl Ch d r...,:n, on his reiu , n Mil) foreign service. Aide-de-Ca.:4) to the Earl of Chatham, on iris r tnro guru Foreign .ervice. The t i c ,. c a pt a in W. 14. Gardner, Aid-de-Camp to the Earl ol C hat itani. on his tett' ri frycn Walcheren. Colonel i ryer, on trout commanding the Royal Ern,ineers in llotland. nel Carey, Military Secretary to the Earl et CI at; , 4111, on his return Crum foreign service. , .rd Cnark..S Manners, ins rerun from foreign s rvice. • (.01;;Aal Campbell, on his appointment to toe corn man ;.oraltit, and to take leave. • . iculei Colonel Birch, Deputy Quarter- Master, on his rr, tore4;n set VILe. Lieuienorit• Colonel Capel„ an his _return from foreign ser vice.. i •..-liervait General Earl Rosslyn, on his return hum fa, - I,i - u...mut.cl, on /lir, return from Sicily. Str DAVID IUNI:3AS. the present Commander 7 in- Chief, upon getting the 95th regiment, immediately removed the agency of it from Mes.rs. GREEN WOOD and Co. to his own agent, Mr. M'DoNALD. , Mr. Secretary CANNING has puichased Gloucester Lodge, - and. its elegant demesne, near Brompton, late the preperiy of the Duke of GLOUCESTER. .The premises are now undergoing, a thorough repair. - Viscount CASTLEREAGH did not atteud the Levee yesterday ; the Duke of PORTLAND appeared 9 ey,- treurely infirm, that it waS with difficulty he made his ingress and egress to and ) frona the Audience- Chamber. The Deme;•ara, INGLis, bound to the Clyde, was on shore' at Liverpool, but is got off full of water, and put into dock.' The Mineiva,'SNern, George, Harinonia, Margarele, - Slephen: and Sarah, were chi.ten on shore at Liverpool last Monthly night. The flank companies of the Coldstream Guards arrived in .town this morning from the Island of Walt here n. They seemed in. general to be per suaded that the French had poisoned the water in that Island, and indeed every thing might be ex peCtol from so unprincipled an enemy. The 12th Light Dragoon's, although they did not di;emb.ak till their retuin to 11,arnsgate, lost only fifteen horses. Mr. Rose, jun. is about to proceed to Walcheren in an official capacity. We are concerned to'state, that Ensign Meadley,' of the Goth Regiment of Foot, brother to'Mr. John Meadlev', of Leeds, - was murdered on the Parade, at, Portland, in Jamaica, on the 24th of March last. — Christian Beuteer, a private tn that regiment, was ,the murdtrer, ~and the following are the cireurn stances :—About four oclock in' the afternoon of the Ensign Aleaciley,,lkho was 'also the ,Ajuo . tara s 1 il,e , iijlt ba , ralion, was walking on the ya rade, when he was met by Beuteer, who exclaim ed, " 0 ! you dog, .you come now, I hate long waited for you !"• and instantly plunged a knife in! o his body, 'and the blade of which he .completely sheathed in the cavity of the abdomen. The ,En sign uttered a loud and dreadful shriek, and placing his hand on his body, cried, "I am killed ! I arn killed :" His apprehensions were but too well Pounced ; he was immediately conveyed to the bar . - racks, where he languished for half an hour, in ex treme agony, and then expired. An inquest was held the, following day, when a verdiel of Wilful Altader was returned against . Christian Benter, who stands committed to prison for the offence, but. whose trial had not come on when our account left the Island. The wretch, so tar friam shewi'ng com punction for his diabolical • mite, exulted innhis of fence, exclaiming, " I have stabbed him, and have done it well."- It is impossible to account for, this murderous act—the man was sober, and in his senses; and Ensign Meadley, who has the merit to have risen. from the ranks, was an Officer of most excellent character, and highly respected by his low soldiers. Firm and decided in the discharge 'of his OWII duty,' he was humane and attentive to his men, and hri cruet fate has called forth general sympathy, whiert has been manifested by a subset ip lion having been made in the Island for his, widow and orphan child, amounting to about four hundred pounds. The unfortunate Ensign Meadley was a native of Beverley, and enlisted at Leeds, in the year 170. NAVAL NEWS. His MAJESTY afterwards held a Privy Council, and 1 PLYMOUTH, SLPT.lB:—Arrived the brig Witzeiztat, gave auuLence to. the Duke Of PORTLAND and the • •.T i' : of , WM. LANGDON, Master, from Li rest of the Cabinet Ministers. About six o'clock 11;$ MAJESTY left town for . verpool, laden with tobacco, butter,.coals,l3cc. hound Windsor. t to Newfoundland, out 26 days.' Off the. Westward Islands, she encountered a heavy gale of wind, in which she was completely dismasted7every article on deck was washed overbOard, and during the gale 1 she bad seven feet of water in her hold, and was every moment - expected to foander'.' Went down into Cawsand Bay, die conflia, gun-, brig. Sailed the Morning Star; LAVIS, for Lisbon. , Arrived the brig Eliza, SOUTHERN, from Quebec . , laden with timber, bound.to London, sailed in com pany with the Foxhound's convoy; parted company in the gale of the 21st August : the schooner Omega,' roster, from Corunna, in ballast,—no news; the brig Stag, of Jersey, JOHN IA MESURIER, Master , from Poole, laden with cod-fish, bound to Corunna ; the Pappetiburgh brig Goide Verwagting, from St. Sebastians, laden with turpentine, and a small quan tity of Cochineal, detained and sent in here by his Majesty's ship Tonnant. • Went up the harbour to be repaired, his Majesty's ship Intrepid, of 64 guns. Arrived the Sally, NEWMAN, from Swansea.. Sailed his Majesty's ship La Rhin, cif 36 guns, Capt. MALCOLM, with the undermentioned vietual lers under convoy, laden with provisions and water for the squadron off gochefort, consisting of the fol lowing ship;, viz. Dreadnought Gilroltar, and Mil ford, Diligence, Lilerty, Britannia, Ben, Jane; Juno, and Dew ard. Also sailed the ACleon and, Conflia gun-brigs, 'on a cruize to the westward. • DEAL, SEPT. 20.—Caine down from the River - the ilOnarCh, - KENT, for Jamaica : Francis and Eli thiso 'for Gibrllltar ; the Albion, HUNT, for .ditto ; Governor :Ifalket, WATSON; for • Tobago ; and the Fingal, DUNNING, for Rio Janeiro. The men of waras per last. PORTSMOUTH, SErr. -,Sqlled the Hardy gun- brig on a cruize. Ttie iliphea cutter takes convoy to the astward. FALMOUTH, SEPT. 18.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Humber, from the Downs ; and the Tracing- ham packet, Cdpf. ROBERTS, with mails from Lis boo, in eleven clays passage. The Lady Arabella packet s for Jama 7 ca, pu bath 00 the 15th inst. with the loss of her bowsprit and foremast. CORK, SEYr. 15. The Marquis and Marchioness of THOMOND had the honour ot entertaining the. Viceregal party on Wednesday last at Rustellan, the beautiful seat of the Marquis. A splendid•ball succeeded to a supet b and costly dinner ; and. the company, which had been colleaed in honour of the piesence of their Excellencies, did not separate until a late hour of the. Morning. • On the succeeding day their Graces and suite were sumptuously and elegantly entertained on boni:d the Virginic frigate, by Admiral' Vvrtirrsn ED, During the day' the Royal Standard was flying at the main top-gallant-mast-head •f the Virgznie, and that ship, and every other ship of war in the harbour, was beautifully decorated with colours. Their Graces arrived on hoard the Fiag-ship about six o'clOck in the evening', and the event gas ac knowledged by - a - Royal Salute from the ships and Ditutty'spleasure 'yacht iflso com plimented t he titcumstance with t wenty-one swi% els, atter the batteries had ceased., The siY,c,t-acle bad generally a very splendid effect.----The ships of war preserved the ornamental arrangements of their co• lours until the departure of their Excellencies, which did not take place till seven o'clock this morning, a `magnificent ball and the choicest refreshments having enticed their stay to that hobr. A Salute, similar to the first, announced the period when the illustrious visitors returned to Rustellan.....- This day the D•tke 4nd Duchess of RICHMOND And Suite will make their entry . into this Their Graces will be escorted by a strong body of the cavalry of the city yeomanry. On Sunday his Grace will review both City Corps, and several of the corps in the vicinity of Cork. We have n(i do,:bt but that the occasion will bring out the fu 1 S!rength of the respedive corps which fora i the brigade ; and we anticipate the appearance of as fine a body of Yeomanry as any which the 'British Empire could produce. . ' • A letter frotn. Hastings, dated September 19, says :—" Since this part of the coast has been bet ter prote&ed, the enemy cannot now. with the same impunity insult us, or make prizes of our merchant men,- as was the case but a few week. ag6. This morning, about . eight o'clock,, we had the pleasure of seeing a lugger privateer pass to the eastward, captured by, and in company with the Loire, frigate, Capt. Settomito, now on. this station. Mont len, , another privateer, off Beachy, wa: plainly seen from the hills to take a schooner rigged: biigy but the - signal being made from Fairlight, a frigate and cutter went immediately in pur,uit of the pri vateer, upon .which she deserted her prize, and stood to the S, W. We hope the cutter'hastaken the privateer , as about two hours afterwards the fri gate desisted from the pursuit, and hauled her wind io retake the prize, which we had the pleasure of seeing her accomplish. ; ' About 5000 of tile prisoners last arrived from Flushing have entered into our service. They are o!i board ships in Portsmouth harbour, temporarily fitted up for: them, until they are properly select e d, tur their resprAive regiments. • BADAJOZ, AUG. 31--1 lie following Royal Order, - directed to his Excellency the M irquis de Romana, has'been transmitted to him by Don Martin Garay. " In the midst of the great cares and attentions which the Sepremo Governing Junta of the King dom has taken to follow_ with a -tivity and firmness the defence of the country, it has never lost sight of the salutary reforms which the Nati-n earnestly ex 'peas, which its actual situation requires, and which must be the foundation of its future prosperity one of the greatest objects which now claim its at - tention, and which ought to. occupy it with the greatest activity, is the Convocation of the Cortcs, the most important object which .can or ought to employ the Supreme Junta. 'The mote important this object is, the more necessary are the knowledge, the observations, and the experience of those who compose that :assembly ; and as, in a discussion of such magnitude, it will be expected by the nation that all should concur, his Majesty has been pleased to grant that . all the deputies shall, give their assist ance. It will therefore be necessary, in consequence of this sovereign and general determination, that the Marquis de Aornana separate himself from his troops, and come to this city, to exercise the func tions of a Representative of the National Body, though it is certainly most ditikult to place at tneir head a chief of equal experience and achievements. Considering, hol,vever, the stare of the kingdo m of Gallicia, and the principality of Asturias, the Junt a , after Mature deliberation, has determined that the Marquis shall transfer his command to that General of his army whOM he shall judge most capable. - P I communicate to your Excellency the Orde , r of his 'Majesty for its fulfilment, advising at 11 'e same time that the con - inland of the arm with propriety be transteired to the Major-G;ner a the Cuticle de Noronha, :because he tieing ,et-oti3 Commandant ,General iii. Gallicia, ought'always t o remain in thaf kingdom." In consequence of this Royal Order, the Marquis de Roiliatia_has signified,,that Le_.ha,s counde.d the counnand of the army , to M.ljor General Don Gabriel de Meriditabal, and that of the king.jom to the Conde de Noronha, second Cotninaodant General, and Piesicient of its Loyal . Audience. VROCLAMATION- TO THE ARMY, 131 . THE MARQUIS DE LE hUMANA. " soldiers,--The august voice at our Sovereign, Ferdinand, reached our ears in ll,nuaik, and v 6 ' o Obeyed the call. Our conniry tuluketi - Oui aid, and a generous nation, traversing stormy seas, conoact ed us to join our valiant cutinltyln.n, from whom .we had been , :separated,ny t he atrocious perfidy and vile prostitution of an itabvidual. You have resisted the mortal blows aimed it you by the tyrant Napo leon to destroy you. You have suffered with nre the disasters which his unequalled tofte had s pread through thQ whole nation, and through all Euro,,e, but you, without other assistance than you' 0 Vs. `a lour, without other arms than those ' d furnish nature, without other ammunition, than .your c , inimitable -constancy, without other stimulus thin your own heroic patriot isei, without other ainnitiO r d; i s is i, e t d lte ) d oL h n e n fi l r e S s t 1 1 ( 1; t z t l i I l s e his a t r h i i d e: have than that inspired your honour and tidelity,fil° l who have been born to. inspire admiration. " Gallicia is covered with French carcases neithei ancient -Carthage nor tuod.- . rn Frmn .can coW re their marches w tth those incessant ones, which, dur ing six months of AVilikt and privation, yoLi have made among the impenetrable Al r s of Castile, l :;'"; beta, and the Asturias, in their most er.Qusad 30 " rigorous situations. • "-Immortal warriors ! without great and siinA battles, you have annihilated the proud army °' e -tyrant. By aiding the national patribt:sni„ sapPo",.. - ing the noble feirnentations, harassing the ,rootis C 4, the enemy, destroying .them in swan sproshei., and reducing their possession to the gloomd on wt -0 0 1 they stand, .ycin have tu4ll;eci the most elevated obligations of the,soldier ; one the fatigues and " res whiCh 1, as your General, have undergone tut )our sakes, is the reward I owed you. Toe ,outitry Ira§ not, tor some time, known )our best set vlO , , but the actions of , Vitla Franca, Vigo, St• and San .Pays, where your valour shone, must you from any stain, which may seen' to bay' berg incurred by your na, DaltlcS, ~ ,u st have been eesttuctive 3 and you hate rendered y ut4 r... selves formidable to your enemies, who have ai.v.to been repulsed and conquered, when Inc superiurny of their numbers did not peseta an obstacle abso lutely insuperable to your valour. " Yes, brave Spaniards, viewing you this day have nu longer that sere n ity of wind with whicb befort have ever wet y ou . 1 am no l o ng, r Y° 1 -1r General. 1-Its MMajesty has called inc iv occu py a place in the Supreme Central Junta. Had " t " as been his irresistible will, nothing should nave sePil" rated. ow-4 . 1-0m you, nor- 111"elau renuttn , e toe right I have to participate in your future victories under the command of your new Chief and the Ge nerals who - command you. Receive, So„fiers, the last word of your General, and accept the ltpe alt paternal gratitude ut your countryman and comp" thou in arms. "The Alarriuis DE LA RoainNA• : It will Duke recollected, that du r ing the stand w ade by the Duke of "Bausswick Claes arid his iaitll76l followets in Westphaiia, his Hi g h ne ss tl . opposed. to General .lIELIBELL, by the suneriurit,s' of whose force h e was at l ast (ideated, d eated, an Loinpettcd to seek refuge in this Imp clout. 11E1/BELL Y. as ac cased of want, of energy and neglect or duty, in suf.- tering. the Duke of BRUKSWICK. and his adperc:nts to etre& their escape. Au order was is.ded 1,, 'hi sel to put 'him under arrest. Tits intortnaiion - Nya s privately conve)ed to him, and he th.d to Ostehd, got . on board a vessel at that poit„)nd inrtv eci Gravesend on Tuesday. .1-11s - Lidy with 11 ' 19 , 0 5 she is the intimate triend of Miss whom JEROME was married in America du" "" d BELL was formerly 'among the m o st, distin b urs. :, . favouriter of ..f.. ; EtrurviE. We understand bb £' jesty • s Mimsters granted_ Petrnis:iion to Gen• iiEnnELL to proceed to, London. A. fatelireqcri Paper stilted, that G,ti..-r,d itEuraELL, dt been arrested, tried, and d,sints,,ed kv service, had been permitted to re t ire to Awe Lica with ikis Lady.- er ha,ing V